CofC Members Back Parking Lot Plan Hearing
Twenty eight people mainly Chamber of Commerce members supported a municipal off street parking program at a City Council hearing opposed by attorney Charles J. Griffin who warned the council had no authority to rehear the issue. The Chase home at 152 Court St may be taken if the bond issue proceeds. Mayor Butler ordered the rehearing to be held and asked for a city solicitor's legal opinion. if illegal the testimony would be discarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Charles J. Griffin
Griffin
Charles S. Chase
Court St
Chase
Theodore R. Butler
Butler
Atty. Griffin
Atty. Griffins
Joana J. Wholey
Whaley
Portsmouth
Eugene P. Soles
Chamber
Soles
Adjustment Board Seeks Ruling On Zoning Use
The Portsmouth adjustment board wrestles with whether it can rule that only part of 84 Granite St. may be used as a barber shop, as Joseph M. Katkin seeks permission for a two chair operation. A city solicitor ruling is sought while protests and a rehearing over parking and zone-extension issues unfold at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Adjustment
City Hall
Joseph M. Katkin
Woodbury Ave
Granite St
Katkin
Woodbury Avenue
Timothy J. Driscoll
Robert F. Bamberger
Forrest F. Lange
Joseph A. Drew
Bamberger
Atty
Samuel Levy
Clark Coleman
Thomas E. Flynn Jr
Drew
Coleman
E. A. Ricci
Aldrich Rd
Lafayette Rd
Ricci
Rand Farm
ANZUS Ministers Discuss Pacific Problems
In Honolulu US Australia and New Zealand foreign ministers continue talks on areas of mutual concern in the Pacific centered on Korea Indo China and Malaya. Dean Acheson chairs with Richard Casey and T Clifton Webb as they implement the three power pact and outline annual meetings deputies meetings and a simple formal military liaison setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U.S
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
British Campers Killed by Bandits in France
Sir Jack Drummond a British food expert his wife and 11 year old daughter were murdered during a camping trip in southern France Police say the parents were shot and the child clubbed to death The diarists work as a scientific advisor to the Ministry of Food during World War II with a balanced diet program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunm
Rrance
Cambridge City Manager ousted after tax hike in Cambridge
Cambridge City Council voted 1 to 4 to dismiss City Manager John Atkinson after a tax increase of 9.90 bringing the Cambridge rate to 56.80. John J. Curry, Harvard Business School graduate and Cambridge schoolmaster, was sworn in as his successor at age 54 and will earn 12,500 annually with increments to 20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
John 3B. Atkinson
John J. Curry
Edward P. Sullivan
Curry
Frederick H. Burke
Harvard Business School
Harvard
Atkinson
Kidnapping Claim Shocks Salisbury Driver Aboard
Courtney Moore, son of a local selectman, reported he was forced by a hitchhiker to drive from Salisbury New Hampshire to Willoughby Ohio. He was held at gunpoint, telephoned for help, then released after arriving near Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury Beach
Moore
Ohio
Willoughby
Lake Erie
Death Toll Uncertain In Waco Bus Crash
In Waco Texas two Greyhound buses collided, killing or badly injuring many. At least 28 bodies were recovered from the charred wreckage and a pile of burned remains awaited classification while 25 people were injured. Heat from the flames melted metal and glass across the highway. Authorities fear some victims were cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FEXAS
Waco
Texas
Tex
Greyhound
Here
Malone
Police Commission Rejects Plan for Parking Warnings
Portsmouth Police Commission rejects courtesy parking tag plan aimed at tourists and out-of-state drivers. Commissioner Silverman, supported by no others, proposed warning tags for first offences and learning driver addresses at payment time. Commission urged resubmission to City Council. Chamber of Commerce had suggested this idea previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Silverman
Commission
Silverman
Siiverman
J. Paul Griffin
J. Verne Wood
Portsmouth
Maine
Chamber of Commerce
Griffin
Wood
Internal Revenue Department
Granite State Fire
Where and When Internal Revenue to Move
Internal Revenue Collector F. Clyde Keefe denied reports of definite plans to move the local office from the Mcln tosh Building. He noted a burglar alarm request for either the Granite State Fire Insurance building or a new State Street structure, calling the move planning uncertain and contingent on government housing decisions.
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Internal Revenue
F. Clyde Keefe
Mclntosh
Keefe
Police Commission
Granite State Fire Insurance Company
State Street
Internal Revenue Office
Jural Internal Revenue Office
Solid South to stay Democratic says top leaders
Associated Press reports top Democrats predict the South remains solid for Stevenson in November despite Dixie discontent. Stevenson cites Southern leaders’ evidence of loyalty. Russell Long and Theodore Green back the view the Republican candidate cannot win any Southern state. Eisenhower plans a Los Angeles speech as campaigns race.
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Associated Press
South
Dixie
Adlai E. Stevenson
Minois
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Leite
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Stevenson
White House
Missouri
Truman
Michigan
Kansas
Republican
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Agriculture Brannan
Clark Clifford
Trooper Escapes Injury in High Speed Rye Crash
New Hampshire state trooper Raymond Welch escaped serious harm after a chase along Route 1 from Portsmouth to Rye ended with his cruiser overturning into a stone wall near Central and Washington Roads. He received minor cuts and bruises at Portsmouth Hospital and was released after negative X rays. The speeding motorist fled the scene as Welch, who was on Route 1 northbound around 11:45 p.m., pursued and lost control during a left turn onto Breakfast Hill Road. The cruiser was demolished and Welch, due off duty at midnight, was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Raymond Welch
Groveton
Hampton
Central
Washington Roads
Rye
Portsmouth Hospital
Concord
Welch
Stef
Portsmouth
Breakfast Hill Road
Washington Road
Central Road
North Koreans Told of Bombing Targets
U S Fifth Air Force said Sabre pilots shot down four MiGs and damaged five in four dog fights over North Korea. The warning program has warned 78 towns housing military installations to evacuate ahead of air raids, with leaflets dropped from B29s. The Belfast cruiser was hit by a shore battery near Chinnampo, wounding four Chinese ratings one fatally, but continued patrols.
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Eisenhower
Seoul
Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
U.S
North Korea
U.N
Air Force
Air
Glenn O. Barcus
Ove
Okinawa
Japan
Far East Air
Forces
United Nations Command
Radio Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Old Baldy
U.N. Naval
Tokyo
Belfast
Chinnampo
New Hampshire Seeks Disaster Area Designation
The New Hampshire Forestry Department asked Acting Gov. Blaylock Atherton to declare a ban on woodland use in Rockingham Strafford and Hillsborough counties. A disaster area designation was requested to allow RFC loans for farmers at low long term rates, with petitions filed in Boston for transmission to Secretary Brannan in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Forestry Department
Blaylock Atherton
Rockingham
Strafford
Iillsborough
Atherton
New Hampshire
Perley I. Fitts
State Agriculture Department
Fitts
Boston
Charles Brannan
Washington
Maine
Massachusetts
Farmers Home Administration
Fitta
Specter of coal strike looms as contract end nears
Washington reports the United Mine Workers threaten a shutdown as the current contracts expire September 30. John L. Lewis informs Southern Coal Producers Association and Bituminous Operators of imminent termination, risking widespread soft coal production cuts unless new terms are agreed. Coal regions employ about 450,000 diggers in bituminous zones and 100,000 in anthracite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Moody Group
Peace Talks Set After Textile Strike at Verney Mill
More than 100 striking workers and Verney Corporation management schedule peacetime talks for Saturday after workers walked out in protest of a 64 percent wage cut effective August 11 at the Peterborough textile mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
Verney Corporation
National Guard Tackles Bald Cap Mountain Forest Fire
A forest fire on Bald Cap Mountain near the Maine border burned 115 acres of private timber as firefighters battled with 150 men, after a northeast wind rekindled the blaze. No serious injuries were reported while radio crews and pump operators faced flare ups atop the peak. The Berlin National Guard Unit was placed on standby to assist if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bald Cap
Maine
William E. Messeck Jr
Berlin
Messeck
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James B. Smith
Portsmouth Herald
Anzus
Wellington
Canberra
Cambridge Council
Pease
Greyhound Lines
Texas Department of Public Safety
Milton Berry Herring
B. E. Bully Malone
Herring
Dora Daniels
Corpus Christi
Democrats
Trooper
Bulletin
OLD King Coal
Badger Farms Creameries
Hancock-Washington County
New York State
New Brunswick
Frederick G. Payne
Maine Woods
New England
New York
Quebec
National Guard
United States
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